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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey that's a catchy song ... so thanks!

I think i'm more in the 'agnostic' camp b/c i figure there MIGHT be things beyond what we can perceive in the material world, i just haven't seen enough evidence to lay any bets in my own life ... esp since many gods seem to be jealous of each other ..

But I will confess: When someone I know has a loved one die, it sounds lame (to me) to say "You're in our thoughts," so I still say "you're in our prayers" even though I don't pray. [/quote]

Why say you'll do something you won't do and that you don't believe would work if you did?  [/quote]

I'm sure it's just cultural ... "In our thoughts" sounds lame to me ... and doesn't carry the right connotation.  That's why.  But open to your advice on what to say instead. [/quote]

How about the truth?  Or Just "I'm so sorry"?  [/quote]

How would you frame "the truth" in this case? [/quote]

Are you seriously asking this?

The truth is what you think and what you will do.[/quote]

OK understood.  It sounds like this is important to you because you're a believer and you don't want anyone faking it. I'll probably keep saying 'in our prayers' but appreciate your POV.

The whole thing is intg to me b/c I think religion generally is a way to use myth for social cohesion ... The fact that we use myth that way is like a quirk of human evolutionary psychology. [/quote]

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